This is a great idea.

JCL · #19 07-10-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Quicksilver

With the parted quoted,

The difference between then and now has more to do with what parents are doing in their lives which has an effect on how children perform in school.

We can blame the system, teachers, money or whatever. But from where i sit the problem sits squarely in the lap of parents.

Yeah yeah yeah I've heard all the arguments but those excuses change nothing. If you can't help your kids get thru their education then get someone who can.

Make the sacrifice even if it means no Starbucks, no BMW's, no big screen TV's whatever. Parents brought these children into the world so they need to get off their selfish behinds, stop complaining about what they can't do and get the job done period.

Is it hard? Yes!
Is it fair? No one cares if it's fair. Just do your job.

EXACTLY

And no, I don't know what simple steps will fix it. But it starts with parents taking accountability, and not blaming the government, the school board, the teacher, etc.

Every year my wife and I went to parent-teacher conferences, for both our daughters, all the way through grade 12. New teachers often asked why we were there, since there were no problems (both girls had excellent grades, participated in sports teams and student council, on grad committees, did school-sponsored volunteer work at the hospital, etc) Our response: Figure it out. Maybe there is a connection between parental involvement and your child's success. Many teachers got that.

Side point: Algebra is important, not because kids will use algebra after grad in many cases, but because it teaches them how to think, it promotes mental agility, and so on.